Home Movies (1954)

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t Home Movies Travelogue me of the best places to stock up is a trnera shop on Juarez Ave., a lew blocks mm the Del Prado Hotel. See Ed. Lawson, f.l him Home Movies told you about him Wd he will do anything short of conducting mpersonal tour of Mexico City. He is loUted at 80, Juarez, and the shop is called \loto Regis". You'll find "Home Movies" here, and you can a/ways get one from Lawmi. His film stock is fresh, and prices wisonable, and besides he is a very friendly yllow, and he doesn't even know that we Ice him so well. I * * * I If you are an American who has fever been to Europe, then you will ind here a land of ancient cathedrals id modern skyscrapers, and see burls and oxcarts parked near Detroit mousines. You'll find chocolate indaes and hamburgers and hot dogs -but next door you will eat tortillas bunded into submission by stolid Inian women. You'll walk into cathedils, musty with the age of three cenpries; and two steps away you will lit a modern skyscraper sleeker and • See "MEXICO" on Page 105 Note: Due to the limitation of space in the January issue we were unable to include the following illustrations. Figure 1 illustrates a 'spotter' that can be made from stiff bristol or cardboard that will aid quickly locating (roughly) previously selected material on records. Figure 2 illustrates a method of locating accurately previously selected material. When the exact spot is located, affix a piece of splicing tape (for magnetic tape) on the record right against the needle. Since the splicing tape is smooth, the needle can be placed on the tape and gently pushed inward until the needle drops into the preselected groove at the right spot. The third is a graphic illustration of the technique of connecting two musical strains in relation By DOW GARLOCK (Port V) to pictorial material, musical character and continuity. Refer to the January issue for a complete discussion of the illustrated procedure. fADfc oar LAP Dissolve Of /lUSlCAL must ^SL-lILAS CHAtACTdC r * i _5 -» [ROUgi. 1 rtusic \WiVL pPl«LTR£. Last month, when I described and charted one of the common forms of popular song construction, I also drew attention to the fact that there are other variations of this type of composition. Following are three other types of popular song construction which I have charted by the same method that I used last month wherein the 32 bar chorus was subdivided into four 8 bar strains designated by the letters A, B, C, etc. Each of these strains were further subdivided into four 2 bar phrases which were designated by the numerals 1, 2, 3, and d. Identical strains were designated by the same letter (A and A) and similar strains were designated by the same letter but were differentiated by exponents (A, Aa, Az, etc.Q. Most of you should recall these compositions that I have charted in Figure 1 and, by singing the melody, you should be able to trace the pattern of construction. LAST month I illustrated several possible ways in which special strains could be shortened by cutting and still retain the required musical characteristics. Another application of cutting can also be used to lengthen • See "MUSIC" on Poge 104 101